A sermon preached at the funeral of the Honourable Robert Boyle at St. Martins in the Fields, January 7, 1691/2 by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
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             A sermon preached at the funeral of the Honourable Robert Boyle at St. Martins in the Fields, January 7, 1691/2 by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
          
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             Printed for Ric. Chiswell ... and John Taylor ...,
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             1692.
          
           
             cf. Fulton, J. Bibl. of Robert Boyle 300. First ed., issue B.
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           OF
           THE
           HONOURABLE
           
             Robert
             Boyle
             ;
          
           AT
           St.
           
             MARTINS
             in
             the
             Fields
             ,
             JANUARY
             7.
          
           1691
           
           /
           2
           ;
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           
             GILBERT
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           SARUM
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
          
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Rose
          
           and
           
             Crown
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iohn
             Taylor
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Ship
             ,
          
           in
           St.
           
             Paul's
          
           Church-Yard
           .
           MDCXCII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             ECCLES
             .
             II.
             26.
             
          
           
             For
             God
             giveth
             to
             a
             man
             that
             is
             good
             in
             his
             sight
             ,
             wisdom
             ,
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             joy
             .
          
        
         
           WHEN
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           the
           Wisest
           of
           Men
           ,
           
             applied
             his
             heart
             to
             know
             and
             to
             search
             ,
             to
             seek
             out
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             the
             reason
          
           (
           or
           nature
           )
           
             of
             things
             ;
          
           and
           summed
           up
           the
           Account
           of
           all
           ,
           Article
           by
           Article
           ,
           
             one
             by
             one
             ,
          
           to
           find
           out
           the
           thread
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           Plann
           of
           its
           great
           Author
           ;
           
             tho
             his
             Soul
             sought
             after
             it
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           Riddle
           was
           too
           dark
           ,
           he
           ,
           even
           he
           ,
           could
           not
           discover
           it
           :
           
             But
             one
             man
             among
             a
             thousand
             he
             did
             find
             ,
          
           and
           happy
           was
           he
           in
           that
           discovery
           ,
           if
           among
           all
           the
           Thousands
           that
           he
           knew
           ,
           he
           found
           One
           counting
           Figure
           for
           so
           many
           Cyphers
           ,
           which
           tho
           they
           encreased
           the
           Number
           ,
           yet
           did
           not
           swell
           up
           the
           Account
           ,
           but
           were
           so
           many
           Nothings
           ,
           or
           less
           and
           worse
           than
           Nothings
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           estimate
           of
           Men
           and
           Things
           .
           
        
         
           We
           have
           reason
           rather
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           by
           
             a
             Thousand
          
           is
           to
           be
           meant
           a
           vast
           and
           indefinite
           number
           ;
           otherwise
           it
           must
           be
           confessed
           that
           
             Solomon's
          
           Age
           was
           indeed
           
           a
           Golden
           one
           ,
           if
           it
           produced
           
             one
             Man
             ,
             to
             a
             Thousand
          
           that
           carry
           only
           the
           name
           and
           figure
           ,
           but
           that
           do
           not
           answer
           the
           end
           and
           excellency
           of
           their
           being
           .
           The
           different
           Degrees
           and
           Ranks
           of
           Men
           ,
           with
           relation
           to
           their
           inward
           powers
           and
           excellencies
           ,
           is
           a
           surprizing
           but
           melancholy
           Observation
           :
           Many
           seem
           to
           have
           only
           a
           Mechanical
           Life
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           a
           moving
           and
           speaking
           Spring
           within
           them
           ,
           equally
           void
           both
           of
           Reason
           and
           Goodness
           .
           The
           whole
           race
           of
           men
           is
           for
           so
           many
           years
           of
           Life
           ,
           little
           better
           than
           encreasing
           Puppits
           ;
           many
           are
           Children
           to
           their
           Lives
           end
           :
           The
           Soul
           does
           for
           a
           large
           portion
           of
           Life
           ,
           sink
           wholly
           into
           the
           Body
           in
           that
           shadow
           of
           death
           ,
           Sleep
           ,
           that
           consumes
           so
           much
           of
           our
           time
           ;
           the
           several
           disorders
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           the
           Blood
           and
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           do
           so
           far
           subdue
           and
           master
           the
           Mind
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           it
           think
           ,
           act
           ,
           and
           speak
           according
           to
           the
           different
           ferments
           that
           are
           in
           the
           humours
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           and
           when
           these
           cease
           to
           play
           ,
           the
           Soul
           is
           able
           to
           hold
           its
           tenure
           no
           longer
           :
           all
           these
           are
           strange
           and
           amazing
           speculations
           !
           and
           force
           one
           to
           cry
           out
           ,
           Why
           did
           such
           a
           perfect
           Being
           make
           such
           feeble
           and
           imperfect
           Creatures
           ?
           
             Wherefore
             hast
             thou
             made
             all
             men
             in
             vain
             ?
          
           The
           Secret
           is
           yet
           more
           astonishing
           ,
           when
           the
           frowardness
           ,
           the
           pride
           and
           ill-nature
           ,
           the
           ignorance
           ,
           folly
           and
           fury
           that
           hang
           upon
           this
           poor
           flattered
           Creature
           ,
           are
           likewise
           brought
           into
           the
           Account
           .
           He
           that
           by
           all
           his
           observation
           ,
           and
           
             encrease
             of
             knowledge
             ,
          
           only
           
             encreaseth
             sorrow
             ,
             while
             he
             sees
             that
             what
             is
             wanting
             cannot
             be
             numbred
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             crooked
             ,
             cannot
             be
             made
             straight
             ,
          
           is
           tempted
           to
           go
           about
           ,
           and
           with
           
             Solomon
             ,
          
           to
           
             make
             his
             heart
             to
             despair
             of
             all
             the
             labour
             wherein
             he
             has
             travelled
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           as
           there
           is
           a
           dark
           side
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           likewise
           a
           bright
           one
           ,
           The
           flights
           and
           compass
           of
           awakened
           Souls
           is
           no
           less
           amazing
           .
           The
           vast
           croud
           of
           Figures
           that
           lie
           in
           a
           very
           narrow
           corner
           of
           the
           Brain
           ,
           which
           a
           good
           memory
           ,
           and
           a
           lively
           imagination
           ,
           can
           fetch
           out
           in
           great
           order
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           beauty
           :
           The
           strange
           reaches
           of
           the
           Mind
           in
           abstracted
           Speculations
           ,
           and
           the
           amazing
           progress
           that
           is
           made
           from
           some
           simple
           Truths
           into
           Theories
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           admiration
           as
           well
           as
           the
           entertainment
           of
           the
           thinking
           part
           of
           mankind
           ;
           The
           sagacity
           of
           apprehending
           and
           judging
           ,
           even
           at
           the
           greatest
           distance
           ;
           The
           elevation
           that
           is
           given
           to
           Sense
           ,
           and
           the
           Sensible
           powers
           ,
           by
           the
           invention
           of
           Instruments
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           above
           all
           ,
           the
           strength
           that
           a
           few
           thoughts
           do
           spread
           into
           the
           mind
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           is
           made
           capable
           of
           doing
           or
           suffering
           the
           hardest
           things
           ;
           the
           Life
           which
           they
           give
           ,
           and
           the
           Calm
           which
           they
           bring
           ,
           are
           all
           so
           unaccountable
           ,
           that
           take
           all
           together
           ,
           a
           Man
           is
           a
           strange
           huddle
           ,
           of
           Light
           and
           Darkness
           ,
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ,
           and
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Folly.
           The
           same
           Man
           ,
           not
           to
           mention
           the
           difference
           that
           the
           several
           Ages
           of
           Life
           make
           upon
           him
           ,
           feels
           himself
           in
           some
           minutes
           so
           different
           from
           what
           he
           is
           in
           the
           other
           parts
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           one
           fly
           away
           with
           him
           into
           the
           transports
           of
           joy
           ;
           so
           the
           other
           do
           no
           less
           sink
           him
           into
           the
           depressions
           of
           sorrow
           :
           He
           scarce
           knows
           himself
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           by
           what
           he
           was
           in
           the
           other
           :
           Upon
           all
           which
           ,
           when
           one
           considers
           a
           Man
           both
           within
           and
           without
           ,
           he
           concludes
           that
           he
           is
           both
           
             wonderfully
             ,
          
           and
           also
           
             fearfully
             made
             :
          
           That
           in
           one
           side
           of
           him
           he
           is
           but
           a
           little
           lower
           than
           Angels
           ;
           and
           in
           another
           ,
           a
           little
           ,
           a
           very
           little
           higher
           than
           Beasts
           .
        
         
         
           But
           how
           astonishing
           soever
           this
           Speculation
           of
           the
           medly
           and
           contrariety
           in
           our
           composition
           may
           be
           ,
           it
           contributes
           to
           raise
           our
           esteem
           the
           higher
           ,
           of
           such
           persons
           as
           seem
           to
           have
           arisen
           above
           ,
           (
           if
           not
           all
           ,
           yet
           )
           all
           the
           eminent
           frailties
           of
           humane
           nature
           ;
           that
           have
           used
           their
           Bodies
           only
           as
           Engines
           and
           Instruments
           to
           their
           Minds
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           care
           about
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           keep
           them
           in
           good
           case
           ,
           fit
           for
           the
           uses
           they
           put
           them
           to
           ;
           that
           have
           brought
           their
           souls
           to
           a
           purity
           which
           can
           scarce
           appear
           credible
           to
           those
           who
           do
           not
           imagine
           that
           to
           be
           possible
           to
           another
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           far
           out
           of
           their
           own
           reach
           ;
           and
           whose
           Lives
           have
           shined
           in
           a
           course
           of
           many
           years
           ,
           with
           no
           more
           allay
           nor
           mixture
           ,
           than
           what
           just
           served
           to
           shew
           that
           they
           were
           of
           the
           same
           humane
           nature
           with
           others
           ;
           who
           have
           lived
           in
           a
           constant
           contempt
           of
           Wealth
           ,
           Pleasure
           ,
           or
           the
           Greatness
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           whose
           minds
           have
           been
           in
           as
           constant
           a
           pursuit
           of
           Knowledge
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           several
           ways
           in
           which
           they
           could
           trace
           it
           ;
           who
           have
           added
           new
           Regions
           of
           their
           own
           discoveries
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           vast
           variety
           to
           all
           that
           they
           had
           found
           made
           before
           them
           ;
           who
           have
           directed
           all
           their
           enquiries
           into
           Nature
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           its
           great
           Maker
           :
           And
           have
           joyned
           two
           things
           ,
           that
           how
           much
           soever
           they
           may
           seem
           related
           ,
           yet
           have
           been
           sound
           so
           seldom
           together
           ,
           that
           the
           World
           has
           been
           tempted
           to
           think
           them
           inconsistent
           ;
           A
           constant
           looking
           into
           Nature
           ,
           and
           a
           yet
           more
           constant
           study
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           a
           Directing
           and
           improving
           of
           the
           one
           by
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           who
           to
           a
           depth
           of
           Knowledg
           which
           often
           makes
           men
           morose
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           heighth
           of
           
           Piety
           ,
           which
           too
           often
           makes
           them
           severe
           ,
           have
           added
           all
           the
           softness
           of
           Humanity
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           tenderness
           of
           Charity
           ,
           an
           obliging
           Civility
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           melting
           kindness
           :
           when
           all
           these
           do
           meet
           in
           the
           same
           person
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           eminent
           degrees
           ,
           we
           may
           justly
           pretend
           that
           we
           have
           also
           made
           
             Solomon's
          
           observation
           of
           
             one
             man
             ;
          
           but
           alas
           !
           the
           Age
           is
           not
           so
           fruitful
           of
           such
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           add
           
             one
             among
             a
             thousand
             .
          
        
         
           To
           such
           a
           man
           the
           Characters
           given
           in
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           do
           truly
           agree
           ,
           That
           
             God
             giveth
             to
             him
             that
             is
             good
             in
             his
             sight
             ,
             Wisdom
             ,
             Knowledg
             ,
             and
             Joy
             :
          
           The
           
             Text
          
           that
           is
           here
           before
           us
           ,
           does
           so
           agree
           to
           
             this
          
           that
           I
           have
           read
           ,
           that
           the
           Application
           will
           be
           so
           easie
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           almost
           needless
           ,
           after
           I
           have
           a
           little
           opened
           it
           .
        
         
           
             A
             man
             that
             is
             good
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             ,
          
           is
           a
           Character
           of
           great
           extent
           :
           Goodness
           is
           the
           probity
           and
           purity
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           shewing
           it self
           in
           a
           course
           of
           sedate
           Tranquility
           ,
           of
           a
           contented
           state
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           of
           Vertuous
           and
           Generous
           Actions
           .
           A
           good
           man
           is
           one
           that
           considers
           what
           are
           the
           best
           Principles
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           powers
           of
           his
           Soul
           ;
           and
           what
           are
           the
           greatest
           and
           the
           best
           things
           that
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           ;
           and
           that
           likewise
           observes
           what
           are
           the
           disorders
           and
           depressions
           ,
           the
           inward
           diseases
           and
           miseries
           ,
           which
           tend
           really
           to
           lesson
           and
           to
           corrupt
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           intends
           to
           be
           the
           purest
           ,
           the
           wisest
           ,
           and
           the
           noblest
           Creature
           that
           his
           nature
           can
           carry
           him
           to
           be
           ;
           that
           renders
           himself
           as
           clean
           and
           innocent
           ,
           as
           free
           from
           designs
           and
           passions
           ,
           as
           much
           above
           appetite
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           sinks
           the
           Soul
           deeper
           into
           the
           body
           ;
           that
           is
           as
           tender
           and
           compassionate
           ,
           as
           gentle
           and
           good
           natured
           as
           he
           can
           possibly
           make
           himself
           to
           
           be
           .
           This
           is
           the
           
             good
             man
          
           in
           my
           Text
           ;
           that
           rises
           as
           much
           as
           he
           can
           above
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           above
           this
           world
           ,
           above
           his
           senses
           ,
           and
           the
           impressions
           that
           sensible
           objects
           make
           upon
           him
           ;
           that
           thinks
           the
           greatest
           and
           best
           thing
           he
           can
           do
           ,
           is
           to
           awaken
           and
           improve
           the
           seeds
           and
           capacities
           to
           Vertue
           and
           Knowledge
           ,
           that
           are
           in
           his
           nature
           ;
           to
           raise
           those
           to
           the
           Noblest
           objects
           ,
           to
           put
           them
           into
           the
           rightest
           method
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           them
           ever
           in
           tune
           and
           temper
           :
           and
           that
           with
           relation
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           considers
           himself
           as
           a
           Citizen
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           piece
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           ;
           that
           enters
           into
           the
           concerns
           of
           as
           many
           persons
           as
           come
           within
           his
           Sphere
           ,
           without
           the
           narrowness
           or
           partiality
           of
           meaner
           regards
           ;
           that
           thinks
           he
           ought
           to
           extend
           his
           care
           and
           kindness
           as
           far
           as
           his
           capacity
           can
           go
           ;
           that
           stretches
           the
           Instances
           of
           this
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           corners
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           if
           occasion
           is
           given
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           intends
           to
           make
           mankind
           the
           better
           ,
           the
           wiser
           ,
           and
           the
           happier
           for
           him
           in
           the
           succeeding
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           present
           Generation
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           truly
           
             Good
             man
          
           in
           
             God's
             sight
             ,
          
           who
           does
           not
           act
           a
           part
           ,
           or
           put
           on
           a
           Mask
           ;
           who
           is
           not
           for
           some
           time
           in
           a
           constraint
           ,
           till
           the
           design
           is
           compast
           for
           which
           he
           put
           himself
           under
           that
           force
           ;
           but
           is
           truly
           and
           uniformly
           good
           ,
           and
           is
           really
           a
           better
           man
           in
           secret
           ,
           than
           even
           he
           appears
           to
           be
           ;
           since
           all
           his
           designs
           and
           projects
           are
           worthy
           and
           great
           :
           And
           
             Nature
             ,
             Accidents
             and
             Surprizes
          
           may
           be
           sometimes
           too
           quick
           and
           too
           hard
           for
           him
           ;
           yet
           these
           cannot
           reach
           his
           heart
           ,
           nor
           change
           the
           setled
           measures
           of
           his
           life
           ;
           which
           are
           all
           pure
           and
           noble
           .
           And
           tho
           the
           errors
           of
           this
           
             good
             man's
          
           conduct
           may
           in
           some
           
           things
           give
           advantages
           to
           bad
           men
           ,
           who
           are
           always
           severe
           censurers
           ;
           yet
           his
           unspeakable
           comfort
           is
           ,
           That
           he
           can
           make
           his
           secret
           Appeals
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           knows
           the
           whole
           of
           his
           heart
           as
           well
           as
           the
           whole
           of
           his
           life
           ;
           and
           tho
           here
           and
           there
           ,
           things
           may
           be
           found
           that
           look
           not
           quite
           so
           well
           ,
           and
           that
           do
           indeed
           appear
           worst
           of
           all
           to
           himself
           ,
           who
           reflects
           the
           oftenest
           ,
           and
           thinks
           the
           most
           heinously
           of
           them
           ;
           yet
           by
           measuring
           Infinite
           Goodness
           with
           his
           own
           proportion
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           finding
           that
           he
           can
           very
           gently
           pass
           over
           many
           and
           great
           defects
           in
           one
           whose
           principles
           and
           designs
           seem
           to
           be
           all
           pure
           and
           good
           ,
           he
           from
           that
           concludes
           ,
           That
           those
           allowances
           must
           be
           yet
           infinitely
           greater
           ,
           where
           the
           Goodness
           is
           infinite
           ;
           so
           being
           assured
           within
           himself
           ,
           that
           his
           vitals
           ,
           his
           inward
           principles
           ,
           and
           the
           scheme
           and
           course
           of
           his
           life
           are
           good
           ,
           he
           from
           thence
           raises
           an
           humble
           confidence
           in
           himself
           ,
           which
           tho
           it
           does
           not
           ,
           as
           indeed
           it
           ought
           not
           ,
           free
           him
           from
           having
           still
           low
           thoughts
           of
           himself
           ,
           yet
           it
           delivers
           him
           from
           all
           dispiriting
           fear
           and
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           gives
           him
           a
           firm
           confidence
           in
           the
           love
           and
           goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           he
           will
           often
           feel
           an
           incredible
           source
           of
           satisfaction
           and
           joy
           ,
           springing
           up
           in
           his
           mind
           .
           A
           man
           who
           is
           thus
           
             good
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             ,
          
           has
           ,
           as
           one
           may
           truly
           think
           ,
           happiness
           enough
           within
           himself
           .
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           his
           reward
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           all
           turned
           over
           into
           a
           Reversion
           .
           We
           have
           here
           a
           fair
           particular
           given
           us
           ,
           by
           one
           that
           dealt
           as
           much
           both
           in
           Wisdom
           and
           Folly
           ,
           as
           ever
           man
           did
           ;
           who
           run
           the
           whole
           compass
           of
           pleasure
           ,
           business
           ,
           and
           learning
           ,
           with
           the
           freest
           range
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           greatest
           variety
           ,
           and
           who
           by
           many
           repeated
           Experiments
           knew
           the
           strong
           and
           the
           weak
           sides
           of
           
           things
           :
           He
           then
           who
           had
           sound
           the
           
             vanity
             ,
          
           the
           
             labour
             ,
          
           the
           
             sore
             travel
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             ,
          
           that
           was
           in
           all
           other
           things
           ;
           the
           many
           disappointments
           that
           were
           given
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           painful
           reflections
           that
           did
           arise
           out
           of
           them
           so
           sensibly
           ,
           
             that
             they
             made
             him
             hate
             life
             for
             the
             sake
          
           of
           all
           the
           
             labour
          
           that
           belonged
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           
             even
             to
             make
             his
             heart
             despair
             of
             all
             the
             travel
             he
             had
             undergone
             ,
          
           gives
           us
           in
           these
           words
           another
           view
           of
           the
           effect
           of
           true
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           happy
           consequences
           that
           follow
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           these
           is
           
             Wisdom
             ,
          
           not
           the
           art
           of
           craft
           and
           dissimulation
           ;
           the
           cunning
           of
           deceiving
           or
           undermining
           others
           :
           not
           only
           the
           views
           that
           some
           men
           may
           have
           of
           the
           springs
           of
           humane
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           art
           of
           turning
           these
           ;
           which
           is
           indeed
           a
           Nobler
           Scene
           of
           
             Wisdom
             ,
          
           by
           which
           Societies
           are
           conducted
           and
           maintained
           .
           But
           the
           chief
           acts
           and
           instances
           of
           true
           Wisdom
           ,
           are
           once
           to
           form
           right
           Judgments
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           of
           their
           value
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           solidity
           ;
           to
           form
           great
           and
           noble
           thoughts
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           just
           and
           proper
           ones
           of
           our selves
           ;
           to
           know
           what
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           and
           fit
           for
           ;
           to
           know
           what
           is
           the
           true
           good
           and
           happiness
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           which
           makes
           Societies
           safe
           ,
           and
           Nations
           flourish
           .
           This
           is
           solid
           Wisdom
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           mis-led
           by
           false
           appearances
           ,
           nor
           imposed
           on
           by
           vulgar
           opinions
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Wisdom
           that
           first
           brought
           men
           together
           ,
           that
           tamed
           and
           corrected
           their
           natures
           ;
           and
           established
           all
           the
           art
           and
           good
           Government
           that
           was
           once
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           but
           which
           has
           been
           almost
           totally
           defaced
           by
           the
           arts
           of
           
             Robbery
          
           and
           
             Murder
             ,
          
           the
           true
           names
           for
           
             Conquest
             ;
          
           a
           specious
           colour
           for
           the
           two
           worst
           things
           that
           humane
           nature
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           
             Injustice
             and
             Cruelty
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Wisdom
          
           in
           gross
           ,
           is
           the
           forming
           true
           Principles
           ,
           the
           laying
           good
           Schemes
           ,
           the
           imploying
           proper
           Instruments
           ,
           and
           the
           chusing
           fit
           seasons
           for
           doing
           the
           best
           and
           noblest
           things
           that
           can
           arise
           out
           of
           humane
           nature
           .
           This
           is
           the
           
             defence
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             glory
          
           of
           Mankind
           :
           
             Wisdom
             gives
             life
             to
             him
             that
             hath
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             better
             than
             strength
             ,
             and
             better
             than
             weapons
             of
             war
             ;
          
           it
           is
           ,
           in
           one
           word
           ,
           The
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Excellency
           of
           Man.
           It
           is
           here
           called
           
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             ;
          
           the
           seed
           of
           it
           is
           laid
           in
           our
           Nature
           ,
           but
           there
           must
           be
           a
           proper
           disposition
           of
           body
           ,
           a
           right
           figure
           of
           brain
           ,
           and
           a
           due
           temper
           of
           blood
           to
           give
           it
           scope
           and
           materials
           .
           These
           must
           also
           be
           cultivated
           by
           an
           exact
           education
           ;
           so
           that
           when
           all
           these
           things
           are
           laid
           together
           ,
           it
           is
           plain
           in
           how
           many
           respects
           
             Wisdom
          
           comes
           from
           God.
           There
           are
           also
           particular
           happy
           flights
           ,
           and
           bright
           minutes
           ,
           which
           open
           to
           men
           great
           Landskips
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           a
           fuller
           prospect
           of
           things
           ,
           which
           do
           often
           arise
           out
           of
           no
           previous
           Meditations
           ,
           or
           chain
           of
           thought
           ;
           and
           these
           are
           flashes
           of
           light
           from
           its
           Eternal
           source
           ,
           which
           do
           often
           break
           in
           upon
           pure
           minds
           .
           They
           are
           not
           Enthusiasms
           ,
           nor
           extravagant
           pretensions
           ,
           but
           true
           views
           of
           things
           ,
           which
           appear
           so
           plain
           and
           simple
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           come
           to
           be
           examined
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           justly
           thought
           that
           any
           one
           could
           have
           fallen
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           simplest
           are
           always
           the
           likest
           to
           be
           the
           truest
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           a
           pure
           mind
           is
           both
           better
           prepared
           for
           an
           enlightning
           from
           above
           ,
           and
           more
           capable
           of
           receiving
           it
           ;
           the
           natural
           strength
           of
           mind
           is
           awakened
           as
           well
           as
           recollected
           ;
           false
           Biasses
           are
           removed
           ;
           and
           let
           prophane
           minds
           laugh
           at
           it
           as
           much
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           secret
           commerce
           between
           God
           and
           the
           Souls
           of
           good
           
           men
           :
           They
           feel
           the
           influences
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           become
           both
           the
           wiser
           and
           the
           better
           for
           them
           :
           Their
           thoughts
           become
           nobler
           as
           well
           as
           sreer
           ;
           and
           no
           man
           is
           of
           so
           low
           a
           composition
           ,
           but
           that
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           goodness
           ,
           and
           a
           due
           measure
           of
           application
           ,
           he
           may
           become
           more
           capable
           of
           these
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           that
           is
           one
           the
           same
           level
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           natural
           powers
           ,
           could
           ever
           grow
           to
           be
           ,
           if
           corrupted
           with
           Vice
           and
           Defilement
           .
        
         
           
             Knowledge
          
           comes
           next
           .
           This
           is
           that
           which
           opens
           the
           mind
           ,
           and
           fills
           it
           with
           great
           Notions
           ;
           the
           viewing
           the
           Works
           of
           God
           even
           in
           a
           general
           survey
           ,
           gives
           insensibly
           a
           greatness
           to
           the
           Soul.
           But
           the
           more
           extended
           and
           exact
           ,
           the
           more
           minute
           and
           severe
           ,
           the
           Enquiry
           be
           ,
           the
           Soul
           grows
           to
           be
           thereby
           the
           more
           inlarged
           by
           the
           variety
           of
           Observation
           that
           is
           made
           ,
           either
           on
           the
           great
           Orbs
           and
           Wheels
           that
           have
           their
           first
           motion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Law
           of
           moving
           ,
           from
           the
           Author
           of
           all
           ;
           or
           on
           the
           composition
           of
           Bodies
           ,
           on
           the
           Regularities
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Irregularities
           of
           Nature
           ;
           and
           that
           Mimickry
           of
           its
           heat
           and
           motion
           that
           Artificial
           Fires
           do
           produce
           and
           shew
           .
           This
           Knowledge
           goes
           into
           the
           History
           of
           Past
           Times
           ,
           and
           Remote
           Climates
           ;
           and
           with
           those
           livelier
           Observations
           on
           Art
           and
           Nature
           ,
           which
           give
           a
           pleasant
           entertainment
           and
           amusement
           to
           the
           mind
           ,
           there
           are
           joined
           in
           some
           ,
           the
           severer
           studies
           ,
           the
           more
           laborious
           as
           well
           as
           the
           less-pleasant
           study
           of
           Languages
           ,
           on
           design
           to
           understand
           the
           sense
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           discoveries
           of
           former
           Ages
           :
           and
           more
           particularly
           to
           find
           out
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           the
           sacred
           Writings
           .
           These
           are
           all
           the
           several
           varieties
           of
           the
           most
           useful
           parts
           of
           Knowledge
           ;
           and
           these
           do
           spread
           over
           
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           the
           Soul
           of
           him
           that
           is
           capable
           of
           them
           ,
           a
           sort
           of
           nobleness
           ;
           that
           makes
           him
           become
           thereby
           another
           kind
           of
           Creature
           than
           otherwise
           he
           ever
           could
           have
           been
           :
           He
           has
           a
           larger
           size
           of
           Soul
           ,
           and
           vaster
           thoughts
           ,
           that
           can
           measure
           the
           Spheres
           ,
           and
           enter
           into
           the
           Theories
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Bodies
           ;
           that
           can
           observe
           the
           proportion
           of
           Lines
           ,
           and
           Numbers
           ,
           the
           composition
           and
           mixtures
           of
           the
           several
           sorts
           of
           Beings
           .
           This
           World
           ,
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           mad
           Scene
           we
           are
           in
           ,
           grow
           to
           be
           but
           little
           and
           inconsiderable
           things
           ,
           to
           one
           of
           great
           views
           and
           noble
           Theories
           ;
           and
           he
           who
           is
           upon
           the
           true
           scent
           of
           real
           and
           useful
           Knowledg
           ,
           has
           always
           some
           great
           thing
           or
           other
           in
           prospect
           ;
           new
           Scenes
           do
           open
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           these
           draw
           after
           them
           Discoveries
           ,
           which
           are
           often
           made
           before
           ,
           even
           those
           who
           made
           them
           were
           either
           aware
           ,
           or
           in
           expectation
           of
           them
           :
           These
           by
           an
           endless
           Chain
           are
           still
           pointing
           at
           ,
           or
           leading
           into
           further
           Discoveries
           .
           In
           all
           those
           ,
           a
           man
           feels
           as
           sensibly
           ,
           and
           distinguishes
           as
           plainly
           an
           improvement
           of
           the
           strength
           and
           compass
           of
           his
           powers
           ,
           from
           the
           feebleness
           which
           ignorance
           and
           sloth
           bring
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           in
           health
           of
           Body
           can
           distinguish
           between
           the
           life
           and
           strength
           which
           accompany
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           flatness
           and
           languidness
           that
           Diseases
           bring
           with
           them
           .
           This
           enlarges
           a
           Man's
           Empire
           over
           the
           Creation
           ,
           and
           makes
           it
           more
           intirely
           subject
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Engines
           it
           invents
           to
           subdue
           and
           manage
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           dissections
           in
           which
           it
           is
           more
           opened
           to
           his
           view
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           observation
           of
           what
           is
           profitable
           or
           hurtful
           in
           every
           part
           of
           it
           :
           from
           which
           he
           is
           led
           to
           correct
           the
           one
           ;
           and
           exalt
           the
           other
           .
           This
           leads
           him
           into
           the
           knowledge
           
           of
           the
           hidden
           Vertues
           that
           are
           in
           Plants
           and
           Minerals
           ;
           this
           teaches
           him
           to
           purify
           these
           ,
           from
           the
           Allays
           that
           are
           wrapped
           about
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           improve
           them
           by
           other
           mixtures
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           this
           lets
           a
           man
           into
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           Nature
           :
           It
           gives
           him
           both
           the
           Keys
           that
           open
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           Thread
           that
           will
           lead
           him
           further
           than
           he
           durst
           promise
           himself
           at
           first
           .
           We
           can
           easily
           apprehend
           the
           surprising
           joy
           of
           one
           born
           blind
           ,
           that
           after
           many
           years
           of
           darkness
           ,
           should
           be
           blest
           with
           sight
           ,
           and
           the
           leaps
           and
           life
           of
           thought
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           one
           should
           feel
           upon
           so
           ravishing
           a
           change
           ;
           so
           the
           new
           Regions
           into
           which
           a
           true
           Son
           of
           Knowledge
           enters
           ,
           the
           new
           Objects
           and
           the
           various
           shapes
           of
           them
           that
           do
           daily
           present
           themselves
           to
           him
           ,
           give
           his
           mind
           a
           flight
           ,
           a
           raisedness
           ,
           and
           a
           resined
           joy
           ,
           that
           is
           of
           another
           nature
           than
           all
           the
           soft
           and
           bewitching
           Pleasures
           of
           sense
           .
           And
           tho
           the
           highest
           reaches
           of
           knowledge
           do
           more
           clearly
           discover
           the
           weakness
           of
           our
           short-sighted
           powers
           ,
           and
           shew
           us
           difficulties
           that
           gave
           us
           no
           pain
           before
           ,
           because
           we
           did
           not
           apprehend
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           he
           that
           
             increases
             knowledge
             ,
             increases
             sorrow
             :
          
           Yet
           it
           is
           a
           real
           pleasure
           to
           a
           Searcher
           after
           Truth
           ,
           to
           be
           undeceived
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           far
           he
           can
           go
           ,
           and
           where
           he
           must
           make
           his
           stops
           :
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           he
           finds
           he
           cannot
           compass
           all
           that
           he
           hath
           proposed
           to
           himself
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           both
           in
           view
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           way
           to
           it
           ,
           where
           he
           finds
           so
           many
           noble
           Entertainments
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           cannot
           find
           out
           the
           whole
           work
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Preacher
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           though
           
             a
             wise
             man
             thinks
             he
             may
             know
             it
             ,
             yet
             even
             he
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             find
             it
             out
             ;
          
           
           yet
           he
           has
           this
           real
           satisfaction
           in
           
           himself
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           greater
           Notions
           ,
           nobler
           Views
           ,
           and
           finer
           Apprehensions
           then
           he
           could
           have
           ever
           fallen
           upon
           in
           any
           other
           method
           of
           life
           .
        
         
           This
           
             knowledge
             ,
          
           though
           it
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           meerly
           the
           effect
           of
           thought
           ,
           of
           labour
           ,
           and
           industry
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           really
           
             the
             gift
             of
             God.
          
           The
           capacity
           of
           our
           Powers
           ,
           and
           the
           disposition
           of
           our
           Minds
           are
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           born
           with
           us
           :
           The
           circumstances
           and
           accidents
           of
           our
           lives
           depends
           so
           immediately
           upon
           Providence
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           these
           respects
           ,
           Knowledge
           comes
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           the
           preparations
           to
           it
           ,
           from
           God
           :
           There
           are
           also
           many
           happy
           openings
           of
           thought
           ,
           which
           arise
           within
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           Searchers
           after
           it
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           did
           not
           lead
           themselves
           by
           any
           previous
           inferences
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           comparing
           of
           things
           together
           .
           That
           ,
           which
           the
           Language
           of
           the
           World
           calls
           
             chance
             ,
             happy
             accidents
             ,
          
           or
           
             good
             stars
             ,
          
           but
           is
           according
           to
           a
           more
           sanctified
           dialect
           
             Providence
             ,
          
           has
           brought
           many
           wonderful
           secrets
           by
           unlookt
           for
           hits
           ,
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           men
           .
           The
           use
           of
           the
           Loadstone
           ,
           and
           the
           extent
           of
           sight
           by
           Telescopes
           ,
           besides
           a
           vast
           variety
           of
           other
           things
           that
           might
           be
           named
           ,
           were
           indeed
           the
           immediate
           gifts
           of
           God
           to
           those
           who
           first
           fell
           upon
           them
           .
           And
           the
           profoundest
           Inquiries
           into
           the
           greatest
           mysteries
           of
           Nature
           ,
           have
           and
           still
           do
           own
           this
           ,
           in
           so
           particular
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           they
           affirm
           ,
           that
           things
           that
           in
           some
           hands
           ,
           and
           at
           some
           times
           are
           successful
           almost
           to
           a
           Prodigy
           ,
           when
           managed
           by
           others
           with
           all
           possible
           exactness
           do
           fail
           in
           the
           effects
           of
           them
           so
           totally
           ,
           that
           the
           difference
           can
           be
           resolved
           into
           nothing
           ,
           but
           a
           secret
           direction
           and
           blessing
           of
           Providence
           .
        
         
         
           The
           third
           gift
           that
           God
           bestows
           on
           the
           Good
           man
           is
           
             joy
             ,
          
           and
           how
           can
           it
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           that
           a
           good
           ,
           a
           wise
           and
           knowing
           Man
           ,
           should
           rejoyce
           both
           in
           God
           and
           in
           himself
           ;
           in
           observing
           the
           works
           and
           ways
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           feeling
           the
           Testimony
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           with
           himself
           .
           He
           is
           happy
           in
           the
           situation
           of
           his
           own
           mind
           ,
           which
           he
           possesses
           in
           a
           calm
           contented
           evenues
           of
           Spirit
           .
           He
           has
           not
           the
           agitations
           of
           Passions
           ,
           the
           ferment
           of
           Designs
           and
           Interests
           ,
           nor
           the
           disorders
           of
           Appetite
           which
           darken
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           create
           to
           it
           many
           imaginary
           Troubles
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           it
           encreases
           the
           Sense
           of
           the
           real
           Ones
           which
           may
           lye
           upon
           ones
           Person
           or
           Affairs
           .
           He
           rejoyces
           in
           God
           when
           he
           sees
           so
           many
           of
           the
           hidden
           beauties
           of
           his
           Works
           ,
           the
           wonderful
           fitness
           and
           contrivance
           ,
           the
           curious
           disposition
           ,
           and
           the
           vast
           usefulness
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           general
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           .
           These
           things
           afford
           him
           so
           great
           a
           variety
           of
           Thought
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           dwell
           long
           on
           that
           noble
           exercise
           without
           flatness
           or
           weariness
           .
           He
           rejoyces
           in
           all
           that
           he
           does
           ,
           his
           imployments
           are
           much
           diversified
           ,
           for
           the
           newness
           of
           his
           discoveries
           which
           returns
           often
           ,
           gives
           him
           as
           often
           a
           newness
           of
           joy
           .
           His
           views
           are
           great
           ,
           and
           his
           designs
           are
           noble
           ;
           even
           to
           know
           the
           works
           of
           God
           the
           better
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           them
           the
           more
           useful
           to
           Mankind
           .
           He
           can
           discover
           in
           the
           most
           despised
           Plant
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           contemptible
           Mineral
           that
           which
           may
           allay
           the
           miseries
           of
           humane
           Life
           ,
           and
           render
           multitudes
           of
           men
           easie
           and
           happy
           .
           Now
           to
           one
           that
           loves
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           that
           adores
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           Nature
           ,
           every
           thing
           that
           may
           tend
           to
           Celebrate
           his
           praises
           ,
           and
           to
           sweeten
           the
           lives
           of
           Mortals
           ,
           affords
           a
           joy
           that
           is
           of
           an
           exalted
           and
           generous
           kind
           .
           If
           this
           at
           any
           time
           goes
           so
           far
           as
           to
           make
           him
           a
           little
           too
           well
           pleased
           with
           the
           
           discoveries
           he
           has
           made
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           too
           nicely
           jealous
           of
           the
           honour
           of
           having
           done
           those
           Services
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           even
           this
           which
           is
           the
           chief
           and
           the
           most
           observed
           defect
           ,
           that
           is
           much
           magnified
           by
           the
           ill-natured
           censures
           of
           great
           Men
           ,
           who
           must
           fix
           on
           it
           because
           they
           can
           find
           nothing
           else
           ,
           yet
           I
           say
           even
           this
           shews
           the
           fullness
           of
           
             joy
          
           which
           
             wisdom
          
           and
           
             knowledge
          
           bring
           to
           good
           minds
           ,
           they
           can
           give
           them
           so
           sensible
           a
           pleasure
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           at
           all
           times
           governed
           :
           and
           if
           it
           break
           out
           in
           any
           time
           in
           less
           decent
           instances
           ,
           yet
           certainly
           those
           who
           have
           deserved
           so
           highly
           of
           the
           Age
           in
           which
           they
           have
           lived
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           been
           the
           Instruments
           of
           so
           much
           good
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           receive
           a
           very
           unworthy
           return
           ,
           if
           the
           great
           services
           they
           have
           done
           Mankind
           do
           not
           cover
           any
           little
           imperfection
           ,
           especially
           when
           that
           is
           all
           the
           Allay
           that
           can
           be
           found
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           instance
           of
           humane
           Frailty
           that
           has
           appeared
           in
           them
           .
           But
           if
           the
           joy
           that
           wisdom
           and
           knowledge
           give
           ,
           is
           of
           so
           pure
           and
           so
           sublime
           a
           Nature
           ;
           there
           is
           yet
           another
           occasion
           for
           
             joy
             ,
          
           that
           far
           exceeds
           this
           :
           it
           arises
           from
           their
           integrity
           and
           goodness
           which
           receives
           a
           vast
           accession
           from
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             ,
          
           seen
           and
           observed
           by
           him
           ,
           who
           accepts
           of
           it
           now
           ,
           and
           will
           in
           due
           time
           reward
           it
           .
           The
           terror
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           the
           confusion
           of
           face
           that
           follows
           bad
           actions
           ,
           and
           the
           calm
           of
           thought
           and
           chearfulness
           of
           look
           that
           follows
           good
           ones
           ,
           are
           such
           infallible
           indications
           of
           the
           suitableness
           or
           unsuitableness
           that
           is
           in
           these
           things
           to
           our
           natures
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           contempt
           with
           which
           Libertines
           may
           treat
           the
           Argument
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           overcome
           and
           alter
           the
           plain
           and
           simple
           sense
           that
           Mankind
           agrees
           in
           upon
           this
           head
           .
           A
           good
           Man
           finds
           that
           he
           is
           acting
           according
           to
           his
           nature
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
           best
           principles
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           living
           to
           some
           good
           end
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           an
           useful
           piece
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           is
           a
           mean
           of
           making
           both
           himself
           and
           others
           wiser
           and
           happier
           ,
           greater
           and
           better
           .
           These
           things
           give
           him
           a
           solid
           and
           lasting
           joy
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           dares
           appeal
           to
           that
           God
           to
           whom
           he
           desires
           chiefly
           to
           approve
           himself
           ,
           who
           knows
           his
           Integrity
           and
           sees
           how
           thoroughly
           
             good
          
           he
           is
           ,
           even
           in
           his
           secretest
           Thoughts
           and
           Intentions
           ,
           he
           does
           upon
           that
           feel
           a
           
             joy
          
           with
           in
           himself
           ,
           that
           carries
           him
           through
           all
           the
           difficulties
           of
           Life
           ;
           and
           makes
           most
           accidents
           that
           happen
           to
           him
           pleasant
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           supportable
           .
           He
           believes
           he
           is
           in
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           hopes
           he
           has
           some
           Title
           to
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           Promises
           of
           God
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           his
           grace
           in
           him
           .
           He
           can
           see
           Clouds
           gather
           about
           him
           and
           threaten
           a
           Storm
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           may
           be
           in
           circumstances
           ,
           that
           render
           him
           very
           unfit
           to
           suffer
           much
           hardship
           ;
           yet
           he
           can
           endure
           and
           bear
           all
           things
           ,
           because
           he
           believes
           all
           God's
           Promises
           .
           He
           may
           sometimes
           from
           the
           severe
           Sense
           that
           he
           has
           of
           his
           duty
           ,
           be
           too
           hard
           ,
           and
           even
           injust
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           seriousness
           of
           his
           Temper
           may
           give
           some
           harsher
           thoughts
           too
           great
           occasion
           ,
           to
           raise
           disquiet
           within
           him
           ;
           but
           when
           he
           takes
           a
           full
           view
           of
           the
           infinite
           goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           the
           extent
           of
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           riches
           of
           his
           Grace
           ;
           he
           is
           forced
           to
           throw
           out
           any
           of
           those
           Impressions
           ,
           which
           Melancholy
           may
           be
           able
           to
           make
           upon
           him
           :
           and
           even
           those
           when
           reflected
           on
           in
           a
           truer
           light
           ,
           though
           they
           might
           have
           a
           little
           interrupted
           his
           
             joy
             ,
          
           yet
           tend
           to
           encrease
           it
           ,
           when
           by
           them
           he
           perceives
           ,
           that
           true
           strictness
           of
           principles
           that
           governs
           him
           ,
           which
           makes
           him
           tender
           of
           every
           thing
           that
           might
           seem
           to
           make
           the
           least
           breach
           upon
           his
           purity
           and
           holiness
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           smallest
           Matters
           .
        
         
         
           I
           will
           go
           no
           further
           upon
           my
           Text
           ,
           nor
           will
           I
           enter
           upon
           the
           Reverse
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           the
           following
           words
           ,
           
             but
             to
             the
             Sinner
             he
             giveth
             travel
             ,
             to
             gather
             and
             to
             heap
             up
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             give
             to
             him
             that
             is
             good
             before
             God.
          
           These
           I
           leave
           to
           your
           Observation
           :
           they
           are
           too
           foreign
           to
           my
           subject
           to
           be
           spoke
           to
           ,
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           that
           leads
           me
           now
           to
           the
           melancholy
           part
           of
           this
           sad
           Solemnity
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           I
           enter
           upon
           it
           ,
           with
           the
           just
           Apprehensions
           that
           it
           ought
           to
           raise
           in
           me
           :
           I
           know
           I
           ought
           here
           to
           raise
           my
           stile
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           to
           triumph
           upon
           the
           Honour
           that
           belongs
           to
           Religion
           and
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           that
           appeared
           so
           eminently
           in
           a
           life
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           considered
           as
           a
           Pattern
           of
           living
           :
           and
           a
           Pattern
           so
           perfect
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           perhaps
           seem
           a
           little
           too
           far
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           too
           much
           above
           the
           hopes
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           above
           the
           Endeavours
           of
           any
           that
           might
           pretend
           to
           draw
           after
           such
           an
           Original
           :
           which
           must
           ever
           be
           reckoned
           amongst
           the
           Master-pieces
           even
           of
           that
           
             Great
             Hand
          
           that
           made
           it
           .
           I
           might
           here
           challenge
           the
           whole
           Tribe
           of
           
             Libertines
          
           to
           come
           and
           view
           the
           usefulness
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Excellence
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           in
           a
           Life
           that
           was
           entirely
           Dedicated
           to
           it
           :
           and
           see
           what
           they
           can
           object
           .
           I
           ought
           to
           call
           on
           all
           that
           were
           so
           happy
           ,
           as
           to
           know
           him
           well
           ,
           to
           observe
           his
           temper
           and
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           charge
           them
           to
           sum
           up
           and
           lay
           together
           the
           many
           great
           and
           good
           things
           that
           they
           saw
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           remember
           always
           to
           how
           vast
           a
           Sublimity
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           can
           raise
           a
           mind
           ,
           that
           does
           both
           throughly
           believe
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           entirely
           governed
           by
           it
           .
           I
           might
           here
           also
           call
           up
           the
           Multitudes
           ,
           the
           vast
           Multitudes
           of
           those
           who
           have
           been
           made
           both
           the
           wiser
           and
           the
           easier
           ,
           the
           better
           and
           the
           happier
           by
           his
           means
           ;
           but
           that
           I
           might
           
           do
           all
           this
           with
           the
           more
           advantage
           ,
           I
           ought
           to
           bring
           all
           at
           once
           into
           my
           memory
           ,
           the
           many
           happy
           hours
           that
           in
           a
           course
           of
           nine
           and
           twenty
           years
           conversation
           have
           fallen
           to
           my
           own
           share
           ,
           which
           were
           very
           frequent
           and
           free
           for
           above
           half
           that
           time
           :
           that
           have
           so
           often
           both
           humbled
           and
           raised
           me
           ,
           by
           seeing
           how
           Exalted
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           feeling
           more
           sensibly
           my
           own
           Nothing
           and
           Depression
           ,
           and
           which
           have
           always
           edified
           ,
           and
           never
           once
           ,
           nor
           in
           any
           one
           thing
           been
           uneasie
           to
           me
           .
           When
           I
           remember
           how
           much
           I
           saw
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           learned
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           might
           have
           learned
           from
           him
           ;
           When
           I
           reflect
           on
           the
           gravity
           of
           his
           very
           Appearance
           ,
           the
           elevation
           of
           his
           Thoughts
           and
           Discourses
           ,
           the
           modesty
           of
           his
           Temper
           ,
           and
           the
           humility
           of
           his
           whole
           Deportment
           ,
           which
           might
           have
           served
           to
           have
           forced
           the
           best
           thoughts
           even
           upon
           the
           worst
           minds
           ,
           when
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           bring
           all
           this
           together
           into
           my
           mind
           ;
           as
           I
           form
           upon
           it
           too
           bright
           an
           
             Idea
          
           to
           be
           easily
           received
           by
           such
           as
           did
           not
           know
           him
           ;
           so
           I
           am
           very
           sensible
           that
           I
           cannot
           raise
           it
           ,
           equal
           to
           the
           thoughts
           of
           such
           as
           did
           .
           I
           know
           ,
           the
           limits
           that
           custom
           gives
           to
           Discourses
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           and
           the
           hard
           Censures
           which
           commonly
           follow
           them
           :
           These
           will
           not
           suffer
           me
           to
           say
           all
           I
           think
           ;
           as
           I
           perceive
           I
           cannot
           bring
           out
           into
           distinct
           thoughts
           all
           that
           of
           which
           I
           have
           the
           imperfect
           hints
           and
           ruder
           draughts
           in
           my
           mind
           ,
           which
           cannot
           think
           Equal
           to
           a
           Subject
           so
           far
           above
           my
           own
           level
           .
           I
           shall
           now
           therefore
           shew
           him
           only
           in
           Perspective
           ,
           and
           give
           a
           General
           ,
           a
           very
           general
           View
           of
           him
           ,
           reserving
           to
           more
           leisure
           and
           better
           opportunities
           ,
           a
           farther
           and
           fuller
           account
           of
           him
           .
           I
           will
           be
           content
           at
           present
           to
           say
           but
           a
           Little
           of
           him
           ;
           but
           that
           Little
           will
           be
           so
           very
           much
           ,
           that
           I
           must
           expect
           that
           those
           who
           do
           never
           intend
           to
           imitate
           
           any
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           displeased
           with
           it
           all
           .
           I
           am
           resolved
           to
           use
           great
           Reserves
           ;
           and
           to
           manage
           a
           tenderness
           ,
           which
           how
           much
           soever
           it
           may
           melt
           me
           ,
           shall
           not
           carry
           me
           beyond
           the
           strictest
           measures
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           study
           to
           keep
           as
           much
           within
           
             bounds
             ,
          
           as
           he
           lived
           beyond
           
             them
             .
          
        
         
           I
           will
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           
             Stem
          
           from
           which
           he
           sprang
           :
           that
           watered
           Garden
           ,
           watered
           with
           the
           blessings
           and
           dew
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           fed
           with
           the
           best
           Portions
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           that
           has
           produced
           so
           many
           noble
           Plants
           ,
           and
           has
           stocked
           the
           most
           Families
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           of
           any
           in
           our
           Age
           ,
           Which
           has
           so
           signally
           felt
           the
           effects
           of
           their
           humble
           and
           Christian
           Motto
           ,
           
             God's
             Providence
             is
             my
             Inheritance
             .
          
           He
           was
           the
           only
           Brother
           of
           five
           ,
           that
           had
           none
           of
           these
           Titles
           that
           sound
           high
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           he
           procured
           one
           to
           himself
           ,
           which
           without
           derogating
           from
           the
           dignity
           of
           Kings
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           beyond
           their
           Prerogative
           .
           He
           had
           a
           great
           and
           noble
           Fortune
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           chiefly
           so
           to
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           a
           great
           and
           noble
           Mind
           to
           imploy
           it
           to
           the
           best
           Uses
           .
           He
           began
           early
           to
           shew
           both
           a
           Probity
           and
           a
           Capacity
           ;
           that
           promised
           great
           things
           :
           and
           he
           passed
           through
           the
           Youthful
           parts
           of
           life
           ,
           with
           so
           little
           of
           the
           
             Youth
          
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           travels
           while
           he
           was
           very
           young
           and
           wholly
           the
           Master
           of
           himself
           he
           seemed
           to
           be
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           disorders
           of
           that
           Age
           ,
           and
           those
           Countries
           through
           which
           he
           passed
           .
           He
           had
           a
           modesty
           and
           a
           purity
           laid
           so
           deep
           in
           his
           Nature
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           knew
           him
           the
           earliest
           have
           often
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           even
           then
           
             Nature
          
           seemed
           entirely
           sanctified
           in
           him
           .
           His
           piety
           received
           a
           vast
           encrease
           as
           he
           often
           owned
           to
           me
           from
           his
           Acquaintance
           with
           the
           great
           Primate
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           the
           never
           enough
           admired
           
             Vsher
             ,
          
           who
           as
           he
           was
           
           very
           particularly
           the
           Friend
           of
           the
           whole
           Family
           ,
           so
           seeing
           such
           Seed
           and
           beginnings
           in
           him
           ,
           studied
           to
           cultivate
           them
           with
           due
           care
           .
           He
           set
           him
           chiefly
           to
           the
           Study
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           in
           their
           
             Original
             Languages
             ,
          
           which
           he
           followed
           in
           a
           course
           of
           many
           Years
           ,
           with
           so
           great
           exactness
           he
           could
           have
           quoted
           ,
           all
           remarkable
           Passages
           very
           readily
           in
           
             Hebrew
             :
          
           and
           he
           read
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           so
           diligently
           in
           the
           
             Greek
             ,
          
           that
           there
           never
           occurred
           to
           me
           an
           occasion
           to
           mention
           any
           one
           passage
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           readily
           repeat
           in
           that
           language
           .
           The
           use
           of
           this
           he
           continued
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           for
           he
           could
           read
           it
           with
           other
           mens
           Eyes
           ;
           but
           the
           weakness
           of
           his
           sight
           forced
           him
           to
           disuse
           the
           other
           ,
           since
           he
           had
           none
           about
           him
           that
           could
           read
           it
           to
           him
           .
           He
           had
           studied
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           so
           good
           purpose
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           critical
           a
           strictness
           ,
           that
           few
           men
           whose
           Profession
           oblige
           them
           chiefly
           to
           that
           fort
           of
           learning
           have
           gone
           beyond
           him
           in
           it
           :
           and
           he
           had
           so
           great
           a
           regard
           to
           that
           
             Sacred
             Book
             ,
          
           that
           if
           any
           one
           in
           Discourse
           had
           dropped
           any
           thing
           that
           gave
           him
           a
           clearer
           view
           of
           any
           passage
           in
           it
           ,
           he
           received
           it
           with
           great
           pleasure
           ,
           he
           examined
           it
           accurately
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           was
           not
           uneasie
           to
           him
           that
           offered
           it
           ,
           he
           desired
           to
           have
           it
           in
           writing
           .
           He
           had
           the
           profoundest
           Veneration
           for
           the
           great
           
             God
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
          
           that
           I
           have
           ever
           observed
           in
           any
           Person
           .
           The
           very
           Name
           of
           God
           was
           never
           mentioned
           by
           him
           without
           a
           Pause
           and
           a
           visible
           stop
           in
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           in
           which
           one
           that
           knew
           him
           most
           particularly
           above
           twenty
           Years
           ,
           has
           told
           me
           that
           he
           was
           so
           exact
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           not
           remember
           to
           have
           observed
           him
           once
           to
           fail
           in
           it
           .
        
         
         
           He
           was
           most
           constant
           and
           serious
           in
           his
           secret
           Addresses
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           indeed
           it
           appeared
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           conversed
           most
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Enquiries
           into
           Nature
           ,
           that
           his
           main
           design
           in
           that
           ,
           on
           which
           as
           he
           had
           his
           own
           Eye
           most
           constantly
           ,
           so
           he
           took
           care
           to
           put
           others
           often
           in
           mind
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           to
           raise
           in
           himself
           and
           others
           vaster
           Thoughts
           of
           the
           Greatness
           and
           Glory
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           of
           God.
           This
           was
           so
           deep
           in
           his
           Thoughts
           ,
           that
           he
           concludes
           the
           Article
           of
           his
           
             Will
             ,
          
           which
           relates
           to
           that
           
             Illustrious
          
           Body
           ,
           the
           Royal
           Society
           ,
           in
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             Wishing
             them
             also
             a
             happy
             success
             in
             their
             laudable
             Attempts
             ,
             to
             discover
             the
             true
             Nature
             of
             the
             Works
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             praying
             that
             they
             and
             all
             other
             Searchers
             into
             Physical
             Truths
             ,
             may
             Cordially
             refer
             their
             Attainments
             to
             the
             Glory
             of
             the
             Great
             Author
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Comfort
             of
             Mankind
             .
          
           As
           he
           was
           a
           very
           Devout
           Worshipper
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           a
           no
           less
           Devout
           Christian.
           He
           had
           possessed
           himself
           with
           such
           an
           amiable
           view
           of
           that
           Holy
           Religion
           ,
           separated
           from
           either
           superstitious
           Practices
           or
           the
           sourness
           of
           Parties
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           was
           fully
           perswaded
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           indeed
           wholly
           possessed
           with
           it
           ,
           so
           he
           rejoyced
           in
           every
           discovery
           that
           Nature
           furnisht
           him
           with
           ,
           to
           Illustrate
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           take
           off
           the
           Objections
           against
           any
           part
           of
           it
           .
           He
           always
           considered
           it
           as
           a
           System
           of
           Truths
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           purifie
           the
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           govern
           the
           Lives
           of
           those
           who
           profess
           it
           ;
           he
           loved
           no
           Practice
           that
           seemed
           to
           lessen
           that
           ,
           nor
           any
           Nicety
           that
           occasioned
           Divisions
           amongst
           Christians
           .
           He
           thought
           pure
           and
           disinteressed
           Christianity
           was
           so
           Bright
           and
           so
           Glorious
           a
           thing
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           much
           troubled
           
           at
           the
           Disputes
           and
           Divisions
           which
           had
           arisen
           about
           some
           lesser
           Matters
           ,
           while
           the
           Great
           and
           the
           most
           Important
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           most
           universally
           acknowledged
           Truths
           were
           by
           all
           sides
           almost
           as
           generally
           neglected
           as
           they
           were
           confessed
           .
           He
           had
           therefore
           designed
           ,
           tho'
           some
           Accidents
           did
           ,
           upon
           great
           Considerations
           ,
           divert
           him
           from
           settling
           it
           during
           his
           Life
           ,
           but
           not
           from
           ordering
           it
           by
           his
           Will
           ,
           that
           a
           liberal
           Provision
           should
           be
           made
           for
           one
           ,
           who
           should
           in
           a
           very
           few
           well
           digested
           Sermons
           every
           year
           ,
           set
           forth
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           in
           general
           ,
           without
           descending
           to
           the
           Subdivisions
           among
           Christians
           ,
           and
           who
           should
           be
           changed
           every
           Third
           year
           ,
           that
           so
           this
           Noble
           Study
           and
           Imployment
           might
           pass
           through
           many
           Hands
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           many
           might
           become
           Masters
           of
           the
           Argument
           .
           He
           was
           at
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           Translation
           and
           Impression
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           into
           the
           
             Malyan
          
           Language
           ,
           which
           he
           sent
           over
           all
           the
           
             East-Indies
             .
          
           He
           gave
           a
           Noble
           Reward
           to
           him
           that
           Translated
           
             Grotius
          
           his
           incomparable
           Book
           of
           the
           
             Truth
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
          
           into
           
             Arabick
             ,
          
           and
           was
           at
           the
           Charge
           of
           a
           whole
           Impression
           ,
           which
           he
           took
           care
           to
           order
           to
           be
           scattered
           in
           all
           the
           Countries
           where
           that
           Language
           is
           understood
           .
           He
           was
           resolved
           to
           have
           carried
           on
           the
           Impression
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           in
           the
           
             Turkish
          
           Language
           ,
           but
           the
           Company
           thought
           it
           became
           them
           to
           be
           the
           doers
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           suffered
           him
           only
           to
           give
           a
           large
           share
           towards
           it
           .
           He
           was
           at
           700
           l.
           Charge
           in
           the
           Edition
           of
           the
           
             Irish
          
           Bible
           ,
           which
           he
           ordered
           to
           be
           distributed
           in
           
             Ireland
             ;
          
           and
           he
           contributed
           liberally
           both
           to
           the
           Impressions
           of
           the
           
             Welsh
          
           Bible
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Irish
          
           Bible
           for
           
             Scotland
             .
          
           He
           
           gave
           during
           his
           Life
           300
           l.
           to
           advance
           the
           design
           of
           propagating
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           in
           
             America
             ,
          
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           heard
           that
           the
           
             East-India
          
           Company
           were
           entertaining
           Propositions
           for
           the
           like
           design
           in
           the
           
             East
             ,
          
           he
           presently
           sent
           100
           l.
           for
           a
           Beginning
           and
           an
           Example
           ,
           but
           intended
           to
           carry
           it
           much
           further
           ,
           when
           it
           should
           be
           set
           on
           foot
           to
           purpose
           .
           Thus
           was
           his
           Zeal
           lively
           and
           effectual
           in
           the
           greatest
           and
           truest
           concerns
           of
           Religion
           ;
           but
           he
           avoided
           to
           enter
           far
           into
           the
           unhappy
           Breaches
           that
           have
           so
           long
           weakened
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           distracted
           Christianity
           ,
           any
           otherwise
           than
           to
           have
           a
           great
           aversion
           to
           all
           those
           Opinions
           and
           Practices
           ,
           that
           seemed
           to
           him
           to
           destroy
           Morality
           and
           Charity
           .
           He
           had
           a
           most
           particular
           zeal
           against
           all
           Severities
           and
           Persecutions
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Religion
           .
           I
           have
           seldom
           observ'd
           him
           to
           speak
           with
           more
           Heat
           and
           Indignation
           ,
           than
           when
           that
           came
           in
           his
           way
           .
           He
           did
           throughly
           agree
           with
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           conform
           to
           our
           Worship
           ;
           and
           he
           approved
           of
           the
           main
           of
           our
           Constitution
           ,
           but
           he
           much
           lamented
           some
           abuses
           that
           he
           thought
           remained
           still
           among
           us
           .
           He
           gave
           Eminent
           Instances
           of
           his
           value
           for
           the
           Clergy
           .
           Two
           of
           these
           I
           shall
           only
           mention
           .
           When
           he
           understood
           what
           a
           share
           he
           had
           in
           Impropriations
           ,
           he
           ordered
           very
           large
           Gifts
           to
           be
           made
           to
           the
           Incumbents
           in
           those
           Parishes
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Widows
           of
           such
           as
           had
           died
           before
           he
           had
           resolved
           on
           this
           Charity
           .
           The
           Sums
           that
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           been
           Informed
           ,
           by
           one
           that
           was
           concerned
           in
           two
           Distributions
           that
           were
           made
           ,
           amounted
           upon
           those
           two
           Occasions
           ,
           to
           near
           600
           l.
           and
           another
           very
           liberal
           one
           is
           also
           ordered
           by
           his
           Will
           ,
           but
           in
           an
           indefinite
           Sum
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           
           present
           condition
           of
           Estates
           in
           
             Ireland
             :
          
           So
           plentifully
           did
           he
           supply
           those
           who
           served
           at
           the
           Altar
           ,
           out
           of
           that
           which
           was
           once
           devoted
           to
           it
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           now
           converted
           to
           a
           Temporal
           Estate
           .
           Another
           Instance
           of
           his
           sence
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Functions
           went
           much
           deeper
           .
           Soon
           after
           the
           Restoration
           in
           the
           Year
           Sixty
           ,
           the
           great
           Minister
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           pressed
           him
           both
           by
           himself
           and
           by
           another
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           likewise
           in
           a
           high
           Post
           ,
           to
           enter
           into
           
             Orders
             .
          
           He
           did
           it
           not
           meerly
           out
           of
           a
           respect
           to
           him
           and
           his
           Family
           ,
           but
           chiefly
           out
           of
           his
           regard
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           would
           receive
           a
           great
           strengthening
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           powerful
           Example
           from
           one
           ,
           who
           ,
           if
           he
           once
           entered
           into
           Holy
           Orders
           ,
           would
           be
           quickly
           at
           the
           Top.
           This
           he
           told
           me
           made
           some
           Impressions
           on
           him
           .
           His
           mind
           was
           ,
           even
           then
           at
           Three
           and
           thirty
           ,
           so
           intirely
           disingaged
           from
           all
           the
           Projects
           and
           Concerns
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           prospect
           of
           Dignity
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           could
           not
           move
           him
           much
           ,
           so
           the
           Probabilities
           of
           his
           doing
           good
           in
           it
           ,
           was
           much
           the
           stronger
           Motive
           .
           Two
           things
           determined
           him
           against
           it
           ;
           one
           was
           ,
           That
           his
           having
           no
           other
           Interests
           ,
           with
           relation
           to
           Religion
           ,
           besides
           those
           of
           saving
           his
           own
           Soul
           ,
           gave
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           thought
           ,
           a
           more
           unsuspected
           Authority
           ,
           in
           writing
           or
           acting
           on
           that
           side
           :
           He
           knew
           the
           prophane
           Crew
           fortified
           themselves
           against
           all
           that
           was
           said
           by
           Men
           of
           our
           Profession
           ,
           with
           this
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           their
           Trade
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           paid
           for
           it
           :
           He
           hoped
           therefore
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           the
           more
           Influence
           ,
           the
           less
           he
           shared
           in
           the
           Patrimony
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           his
           main
           Reason
           was
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           so
           high
           a
           sense
           of
           the
           Obligations
           of
           the
           Pastoral
           care
           ;
           and
           of
           such
           as
           watch
           over
           those
           Souls
           ,
           
           which
           
             Christ
             purchased
             with
             his
             own
             blood
             ,
          
           and
           for
           which
           they
           must
           give
           an
           Account
           ,
           at
           the
           last
           and
           great
           day
           ,
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           undertake
           it
           ,
           especially
           not
           having
           felt
           within
           himself
           an
           
             Inward
             motion
             to
             it
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
          
           and
           the
           first
           Question
           that
           is
           put
           to
           those
           who
           come
           to
           be
           Initiated
           into
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           relating
           to
           that
           
             Motion
             ,
          
           he
           who
           had
           not
           felt
           it
           ,
           thought
           he
           durst
           not
           make
           the
           step
           ;
           least
           otherwise
           he
           should
           have
           lyed
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           :
           So
           solemnly
           and
           seriously
           did
           he
           judge
           of
           Sacred
           Matters
           .
           He
           was
           constant
           to
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           went
           to
           no
           separated
           Assemblies
           ,
           how
           charitably
           soever
           he
           might
           think
           of
           their
           Persons
           ,
           and
           how
           plentifully
           soever
           he
           might
           have
           relived
           their
           necessities
           .
           He
           loved
           no
           narrow
           Thoughts
           ,
           nor
           low
           or
           superstitious
           Opinions
           in
           Religion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           as
           he
           did
           not
           shut
           himself
           up
           within
           a
           Party
           ,
           so
           neither
           did
           he
           shut
           any
           Party
           out
           from
           him
           .
           He
           had
           brought
           his
           Mind
           to
           such
           a
           freedom
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           not
           apt
           to
           be
           imposed
           on
           ;
           and
           his
           Modesty
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           dictate
           to
           others
           ;
           but
           proposed
           his
           own
           Sense
           ,
           with
           a
           due
           and
           decent
           distrust
           ;
           and
           was
           ever
           every
           ready
           to
           hearken
           to
           what
           was
           suggested
           to
           him
           by
           others
           .
           When
           he
           differed
           from
           any
           ,
           he
           expressed
           himself
           in
           so
           humble
           and
           so
           obliging
           a
           way
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           treated
           Things
           or
           Persons
           with
           neglect
           ,
           and
           I
           never
           heard
           that
           he
           offended
           any
           one
           Person
           in
           his
           whole
           Life
           by
           any
           part
           of
           his
           Deportment
           :
           For
           if
           at
           any
           time
           he
           saw
           cause
           to
           speak
           roundly
           to
           any
           ,
           it
           was
           never
           in
           Passion
           ,
           or
           with
           any
           reproachful
           or
           indecent
           Expressions
           .
           And
           as
           he
           was
           careful
           to
           give
           those
           who
           conversed
           with
           him
           ,
           no
           Cause
           or
           Colour
           for
           displeasure
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           yet
           more
           careful
           of
           those
           who
           were
           
           absent
           ,
           never
           to
           speak
           ill
           of
           any
           ;
           in
           which
           he
           was
           the
           exactest
           Man
           I
           ever
           knew
           .
           If
           the
           Discourse
           turn'd
           to
           be
           hard
           on
           any
           ,
           he
           was
           presently
           silent
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Subject
           was
           too
           long
           dwelt
           on
           ,
           he
           would
           at
           last
           interpose
           ,
           and
           between
           Reproof
           and
           Rallery
           ,
           divert
           it
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           exactly
           civil
           ,
           rather
           to
           Ceremony
           ;
           and
           though
           he
           felt
           his
           easiness
           of
           access
           ,
           and
           the
           desires
           of
           many
           ,
           all
           Strangers
           in
           particular
           ,
           to
           be
           much
           with
           him
           ,
           made
           great
           wasts
           on
           his
           Time
           ;
           yet
           as
           he
           was
           severe
           in
           that
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           denied
           when
           he
           was
           at
           home
           ,
           so
           he
           said
           he
           knew
           the
           Heart
           of
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           eased
           his
           own
           had
           been
           ,
           while
           travelling
           ,
           if
           admitted
           to
           the
           Conversation
           of
           those
           he
           desired
           to
           see
           ;
           therefore
           he
           thought
           his
           Obligation
           to
           Strangers
           ,
           was
           more
           than
           bare
           Civility
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           piece
           of
           Religious
           Charity
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           He
           had
           for
           almost
           Forty
           years
           ,
           laboured
           under
           such
           a
           feebleness
           of
           Body
           ,
           and
           such
           lowness
           of
           Strength
           and
           Spirits
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           appear
           a
           surprizing
           thing
           to
           imagine
           ,
           how
           it
           was
           possible
           for
           him
           to
           Read
           ,
           to
           Meditate
           ,
           to
           try
           Experiments
           ,
           and
           to
           write
           as
           he
           did
           .
           He
           bore
           all
           his
           Infirmities
           ,
           and
           some
           sharp
           Pains
           ,
           with
           the
           decency
           and
           submission
           that
           became
           a
           Christian
           and
           a
           Philosopher
           .
           He
           had
           about
           him
           all
           that
           unaffected
           neglect
           of
           Pomp
           in
           Cloaths
           ,
           Lodging
           ,
           Furniture
           and
           Equipage
           ,
           which
           agreed
           with
           his
           grave
           and
           serious
           course
           of
           Life
           .
           He
           was
           advised
           to
           a
           very
           ungrateful
           simplicity
           of
           Diet
           ;
           which
           by
           all
           appearance
           was
           that
           which
           preserved
           him
           so
           long
           beyond
           all
           Mens
           expectation
           ;
           this
           he
           observed
           so
           strictly
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           course
           of
           above
           Thirty
           years
           ,
           he
           neither
           eat
           nor
           drank
           to
           gratifie
           
           the
           Varieties
           of
           Appetite
           ,
           but
           meerly
           to
           support
           Nature
           ;
           and
           was
           so
           regular
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           once
           transgressed
           the
           Rule
           ,
           Measure
           ,
           and
           Kind
           ,
           that
           was
           prescribed
           him
           .
           He
           had
           a
           feebleness
           in
           his
           Sight
           ;
           his
           Eyes
           were
           so
           well
           used
           by
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           easily
           imagined
           he
           was
           very
           tender
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           very
           apprehensive
           of
           such
           Distempers
           as
           might
           affect
           them
           .
           He
           did
           also
           imagine
           ,
           that
           if
           sickness
           obliged
           him
           to
           lie
           long
           a
           Bed
           ,
           it
           might
           raise
           the
           Pains
           of
           the
           Stone
           in
           him
           to
           a
           degree
           that
           was
           above
           his
           weak
           Strength
           to
           bear
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           feared
           that
           his
           last
           Minutes
           might
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           him
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           the
           Root
           of
           all
           the
           caution
           and
           apprehension
           that
           he
           was
           observed
           to
           live
           in
           .
           But
           as
           to
           Life
           it self
           ,
           he
           had
           the
           just
           indifference
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           weariness
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           became
           so
           true
           a
           Christian.
           I
           mention
           these
           the
           rather
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           have
           occasion
           to
           shew
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           to
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           two
           things
           that
           he
           feared
           ;
           for
           his
           sight
           began
           not
           to
           grow
           dimm
           above
           four
           Hours
           before
           he
           died
           ;
           and
           when
           death
           came
           upon
           him
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           been
           above
           Three
           hours
           a
           Bed
           ,
           before
           it
           made
           an
           end
           of
           him
           ,
           with
           so
           little
           uneasiness
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           plain
           the
           Light
           went
           out
           ,
           meerly
           for
           want
           of
           Oil
           to
           maintain
           the
           Flame
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           looked
           too
           early
           to
           this
           Conclusion
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           yet
           before
           I
           can
           come
           at
           it
           ,
           I
           find
           there
           is
           still
           much
           in
           my
           way
           .
           His
           Charity
           to
           those
           that
           were
           in
           Want
           ,
           and
           his
           Bounty
           to
           all
           Learned
           Men
           ,
           that
           were
           put
           to
           wrastle
           with
           Difficulties
           ,
           were
           so
           very
           extraordinary
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           did
           partake
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           spend
           little
           time
           on
           this
           Article
           .
           Great
           Summs
           went
           easily
           from
           him
           ,
           without
           the
           Partialities
           of
           Sect
           ,
           Country
           ,
           or
           Relations
           ;
           for
           he
           
           considered
           himself
           as
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           Debtor
           to
           the
           whole
           Race
           of
           Men.
           He
           took
           care
           to
           do
           this
           so
           secretly
           ,
           that
           even
           those
           who
           knew
           all
           his
           other
           Concerns
           ,
           could
           never
           find
           out
           what
           he
           did
           that
           way
           ;
           and
           indeed
           he
           was
           so
           strict
           to
           our
           Saviour's
           Precept
           ,
           that
           except
           the
           Persons
           themselves
           ,
           or
           some
           one
           whom
           he
           trusted
           to
           convey
           it
           to
           them
           ,
           no
           body
           ever
           knew
           how
           that
           great
           share
           of
           his
           Estate
           ,
           which
           went
           away
           invisibly
           ,
           was
           distributed
           ;
           even
           he
           himself
           kept
           no
           Account
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           thought
           might
           fall
           into
           other
           hands
           .
           I
           speak
           upon
           full
           knowledge
           on
           this
           Article
           ,
           because
           I
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           often
           made
           use
           of
           by
           him
           in
           it
           .
           If
           those
           that
           have
           fled
           hither
           from
           the
           Persecutions
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           or
           from
           the
           Calamities
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           feel
           a
           sensible
           sinking
           of
           their
           secret
           Supplies
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           were
           often
           furnished
           ,
           without
           knowing
           from
           whence
           they
           came
           ,
           they
           will
           conclude
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           lost
           not
           only
           a
           Purse
           ,
           but
           an
           Estate
           that
           went
           so
           very
           liberally
           among
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           for
           some
           years
           his
           Charity
           went
           beyond
           a
           Thousand
           Pound
           a
           year
           .
        
         
           Here
           I
           thought
           to
           have
           gone
           to
           another
           Head
           ,
           but
           the
           Relation
           he
           had
           ,
           both
           in
           Nature
           and
           Grace
           ,
           in
           living
           and
           dying
           ,
           in
           friendship
           ,
           and
           a
           likeness
           of
           Soul
           to
           another
           Person
           ,
           forces
           me
           for
           a
           little
           while
           to
           change
           my
           Subject
           .
           I
           have
           been
           restrain'd
           from
           it
           by
           some
           of
           her
           Relations
           ;
           but
           since
           I
           was
           not
           so
           by
           her self
           ,
           I
           must
           give
           a
           little
           vent
           to
           Nature
           and
           to
           Friendship
           ;
           to
           a
           long
           Acquaintance
           and
           a
           vast
           Esteem
           .
           His
           sister
           and
           he
           were
           pleasant
           in
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Death
           they
           were
           not
           divided
           ;
           for
           as
           he
           lived
           with
           her
           above
           Fourty
           years
           ,
           so
           he
           did
           not
           outlive
           her
           above
           a
           Week
           .
           Both
           died
           from
           
           the
           same
           Cause
           ,
           Nature
           being
           quite
           spent
           in
           both
           .
           She
           lived
           the
           longest
           on
           the
           publickest
           Scene
           ,
           she
           made
           the
           greatest
           Figure
           in
           all
           the
           Revolutions
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           for
           above
           fifty
           Years
           ,
           of
           any
           Woman
           of
           our
           Age.
           She
           imployed
           it
           all
           for
           doing
           good
           to
           others
           ,
           in
           which
           she
           laid
           out
           her
           Time
           ,
           her
           Interest
           ,
           and
           her
           Estate
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           Zeal
           and
           the
           most
           Success
           that
           I
           have
           ever
           known
           .
           She
           was
           indefatigable
           as
           well
           as
           dextrous
           in
           it
           :
           and
           as
           her
           great
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           the
           vast
           Esteem
           she
           was
           in
           ,
           made
           all
           Persons
           in
           their
           several
           turns
           of
           Greatness
           ,
           desire
           and
           value
           her
           Friendship
           ;
           so
           she
           gave
           her self
           a
           clear
           Title
           to
           imploy
           her
           Interest
           with
           them
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           others
           ,
           by
           this
           that
           she
           never
           made
           any
           use
           of
           it
           to
           any
           End
           or
           Design
           of
           her
           own
           .
           She
           was
           contented
           with
           what
           she
           had
           ;
           and
           though
           she
           was
           twice
           stript
           of
           it
           ,
           she
           never
           moved
           on
           her
           own
           account
           ,
           but
           was
           the
           general
           Intercessor
           for
           all
           Persons
           of
           Merit
           ,
           or
           in
           want
           :
           This
           had
           in
           her
           the
           better
           Grace
           ,
           and
           was
           both
           more
           Christian
           and
           more
           effectual
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           not
           limited
           within
           any
           narrow
           Compass
           of
           Parties
           or
           Relations
           .
           When
           any
           Party
           was
           down
           ,
           she
           had
           Credit
           and
           Zeal
           enough
           to
           serve
           them
           ,
           and
           she
           employed
           that
           so
           effectually
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           next
           Turn
           she
           had
           a
           new
           stock
           of
           Credit
           ,
           which
           she
           laid
           out
           wholly
           in
           that
           Labour
           of
           Love
           ,
           in
           which
           she
           spent
           her
           Life
           :
           and
           though
           some
           particular
           Opinions
           might
           shut
           her
           up
           in
           a
           divided
           Communion
           ,
           yet
           her
           Soul
           was
           never
           of
           a
           Party
           :
           She
           divided
           her
           Charities
           and
           Friendships
           both
           ,
           her
           Esteem
           a
           well
           as
           her
           Bounty
           ,
           with
           the
           truest
           Regard
           to
           Merit
           ,
           and
           her
           own
           Obligations
           ,
           without
           any
           Difference
           ,
           made
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           Opinion
           .
        
         
           She
           had
           with
           a
           vast
           Reach
           both
           of
           Knowledge
           and
           Apprehensions
           ,
           an
           universal
           Affability
           and
           Easiness
           
           of
           Access
           ,
           a
           Humility
           that
           descended
           to
           the
           meanest
           Persons
           and
           Concerns
           ,
           an
           obliging
           Kindness
           and
           Readiness
           to
           advise
           those
           who
           had
           no
           occasion
           for
           any
           further
           Assistance
           from
           her
           ;
           and
           with
           all
           these
           and
           many
           more
           excellent
           Qualities
           ,
           she
           had
           the
           deepest
           Sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           constant
           turning
           of
           her
           Thoughts
           and
           Discourses
           that
           way
           ,
           that
           has
           been
           perhaps
           in
           our
           Age.
           Such
           a
           
             Sister
          
           became
           such
           a
           
             Brother
             ;
          
           and
           it
           was
           but
           suitable
           to
           both
           their
           Characters
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           have
           improved
           the
           Relation
           under
           which
           they
           were
           born
           ,
           to
           the
           more
           exalted
           and
           endearing
           one
           of
           
             Friend
             .
          
           At
           any
           time
           a
           Nation
           may
           very
           ill
           spare
           one
           such
           ;
           but
           for
           both
           to
           go
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           is
           too
           melancholly
           a
           Thought
           ;
           and
           notwithstanding
           the
           Decline
           of
           their
           Age
           ,
           and
           the
           Waste
           of
           their
           Strength
           ,
           yet
           it
           has
           too
           much
           of
           Cloud
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           bear
           the
           being
           long
           dwelt
           on
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           thus
           far
           seen
           ,
           in
           a
           very
           few
           hints
           ,
           the
           several
           Sorts
           and
           Instances
           of
           Goodness
           that
           appeared
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           which
           has
           now
           its
           Period
           ;
           that
           which
           gives
           value
           and
           lustre
           to
           them
           all
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           whatever
           he
           might
           be
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Men
           ,
           how
           pure
           and
           spotless
           soever
           ,
           those
           who
           knew
           him
           the
           best
           ,
           have
           reason
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           much
           more
           so
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           they
           had
           often
           Occasions
           to
           discover
           new
           Instances
           of
           Goodness
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           no
           secret
           ill
           Inclinations
           did
           at
           any
           time
           shew
           themselves
           .
           He
           affected
           nothing
           that
           was
           solemn
           or
           supercilious
           .
           He
           used
           no
           Methods
           to
           make
           Multitudes
           run
           after
           him
           ,
           or
           depend
           upon
           him
           .
           It
           never
           appeared
           that
           there
           was
           any
           thing
           hid
           under
           all
           this
           appearance
           of
           Goodness
           ,
           that
           was
           not
           truly
           so
           .
           He
           hid
           both
           his
           Piety
           and
           Charity
           all
           he
           could
           .
           He
           lived
           in
           the
           due
           Methods
           of
           Civility
           ,
           and
           would
           never
           assume
           the
           Authority
           which
           all
           the
           World
           was
           
           ready
           to
           pay
           him
           .
           He
           spoke
           of
           the
           Government
           even
           in
           Times
           which
           he
           disliked
           ,
           and
           upon
           occasions
           which
           he
           spared
           not
           to
           condemn
           ,
           with
           an
           exactness
           of
           respect
           .
           He
           allowed
           himself
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           decent
           chearfulness
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           had
           nothing
           of
           the
           moroseness
           ,
           to
           which
           Philosophers
           think
           they
           have
           some
           right
           ;
           nor
           of
           the
           Affectations
           which
           Men
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           pitch
           of
           Devotion
           go
           into
           ,
           sometimes
           ,
           without
           being
           well
           aware
           of
           them
           .
           He
           was
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           plainly
           and
           sincerely
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           view
           of
           Men
           ,
           
             a
             good
             Man
             ,
             even
             One
             of
             a
             Thousand
             .
          
        
         
           That
           which
           comes
           next
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           is
           the
           share
           that
           this
           
             good
             Man
          
           had
           in
           those
           Gifts
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Wisdom
             Knowledg
             ,
             and
             Joy.
          
           If
           I
           should
           speak
           of
           these
           ,
           with
           the
           copiousness
           which
           the
           Subject
           affords
           ,
           I
           should
           go
           too
           far
           even
           for
           your
           Patience
           ,
           tho
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           it
           would
           hold
           out
           very
           long
           on
           this
           Occasion
           .
           I
           will
           only
           name
           things
           which
           may
           be
           enlarged
           on
           more
           fully
           in
           another
           way
           .
           He
           had
           too
           unblemish'd
           a
           candor
           to
           be
           capable
           of
           those
           Arts
           and
           Practices
           that
           a
           false
           and
           deceitful
           World
           may
           call
           
             Wisdom
             .
          
           He
           could
           neither
           lie
           nor
           equivocate
           ;
           but
           he
           could
           well
           be
           silent
           ,
           and
           by
           practising
           that
           much
           ,
           he
           cover'd
           himself
           upon
           many
           uneasy
           Occasions
           .
           He
           made
           true
           Judgments
           of
           Men
           and
           Things
           .
           His
           Advices
           and
           Opinions
           were
           solid
           and
           sound
           ;
           and
           if
           Caution
           and
           Modesty
           gave
           too
           strong
           a
           Biass
           ,
           his
           Invention
           was
           fruitful
           to
           suggest
           good
           Expedients
           .
           He
           had
           great
           Notions
           of
           what
           Humane
           Nature
           might
           be
           brought
           to
           ;
           but
           since
           he
           saw
           Mankind
           was
           not
           capable
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           withdrew
           himself
           early
           from
           Affairs
           and
           Courts
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Distinction
           with
           which
           he
           was
           always
           treated
           by
           our
           late
           Princes
           .
           But
           he
           had
           the
           Principles
           of
           an
           English-man
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           too
           deep
           in
           
           him
           to
           be
           corrupted
           or
           cheated
           out
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           in
           these
           he
           studied
           to
           fortify
           all
           that
           conversed
           much
           with
           him
           .
           He
           had
           a
           very
           particular
           Sagacity
           in
           observing
           what
           Men
           were
           fit
           for
           ;
           and
           had
           so
           vast
           a
           Scheme
           of
           different
           Performances
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           soon
           furnish
           every
           Man
           with
           Work
           that
           had
           leasure
           and
           capacity
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           saw
           him
           engaged
           in
           it
           ,
           then
           a
           handsom
           Present
           was
           made
           to
           enable
           him
           to
           go
           on
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           His
           Knowledg
           was
           of
           so
           vast
           an
           Extent
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           the
           variety
           of
           Vouchers
           in
           their
           several
           sorts
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           afraid
           to
           say
           all
           I
           know
           .
           He
           carried
           the
           study
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           very
           far
           into
           the
           Rabbinical
           Writings
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Oriental
           Languages
           .
           He
           had
           read
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           formed
           out
           of
           it
           a
           clear
           Judgment
           of
           all
           the
           eminent
           Ones
           .
           He
           had
           read
           a
           vast
           deal
           on
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           had
           gone
           very
           nicely
           through
           the
           whole
           Controversies
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           was
           a
           true
           Master
           in
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           Divinity
           .
           He
           run
           the
           whole
           Compass
           of
           the
           Mathematical
           Sciences
           ;
           and
           though
           he
           did
           not
           set
           himself
           to
           spring
           new
           Game
           ,
           yet
           he
           knew
           even
           the
           abstrusest
           Parts
           of
           Geometry
           .
           Geography
           in
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           related
           to
           Navigation
           or
           Travelling
           ,
           History
           and
           Books
           of
           Travels
           were
           his
           Diversions
           .
           He
           went
           very
           nicely
           through
           all
           the
           Parts
           of
           Physick
           ,
           only
           the
           tenderness
           of
           his
           Nature
           made
           him
           less
           able
           to
           endure
           the
           exactness
           of
           Anatomical
           Dissections
           ,
           especially
           of
           living
           Animals
           ,
           though
           he
           knew
           these
           to
           be
           the
           most
           instructing
           :
           But
           for
           the
           History
           of
           Nature
           ,
           Ancient
           and
           Modern
           ,
           of
           the
           Productions
           of
           all
           Countries
           ,
           of
           the
           Virtues
           and
           Improvements
           of
           Plants
           ,
           of
           Oars
           and
           Minerals
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Varieties
           that
           are
           in
           them
           in
           different
           Climates
           ;
           He
           was
           by
           
           much
           ,
           by
           very
           much
           ,
           the
           readiest
           and
           the
           perfectest
           I
           ever
           knew
           ,
           in
           the
           greatest
           Compass
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           truest
           Exactness
           .
           This
           put
           him
           in
           the
           way
           of
           making
           all
           that
           vast
           variety
           of
           Experiments
           ,
           beyond
           any
           Man
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           we
           know
           ,
           that
           ever
           lived
           .
           And
           in
           these
           ,
           as
           he
           made
           a
           great
           progress
           in
           new
           Discoveries
           ,
           so
           he
           used
           so
           nice
           a
           strictness
           ,
           and
           delivered
           them
           with
           so
           scrupulous
           a
           Truth
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           have
           examined
           them
           ,
           have
           found
           how
           safely
           the
           World
           may
           depend
           upon
           them
           .
           But
           his
           peculiar
           and
           favourite
           Study
           ,
           was
           Chymistry
           ;
           in
           which
           he
           engaged
           with
           none
           of
           those
           ravenous
           and
           amitious
           Designs
           ,
           that
           draw
           many
           into
           them
           .
           His
           Design
           was
           only
           to
           find
           out
           Nature
           ,
           to
           see
           into
           what
           Principles
           things
           might
           be
           resolved
           ,
           and
           of
           what
           they
           were
           compounded
           ,
           and
           to
           prepare
           good
           Medicaments
           for
           the
           Bodies
           of
           Men.
           He
           spent
           neither
           his
           Time
           nor
           Fortune
           upon
           the
           vain
           pursuits
           of
           high
           Promises
           and
           Pretensions
           .
           He
           always
           kept
           himself
           within
           the
           Compass
           that
           his
           Estate
           might
           well
           bear
           :
           And
           as
           he
           made
           Chymistry
           much
           the
           better
           for
           his
           dealing
           in
           it
           ,
           so
           he
           never
           made
           himself
           either
           the
           worse
           or
           the
           poorer
           for
           it
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Charity
           to
           others
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           an
           Entertainment
           to
           himself
           ,
           for
           the
           Produce
           of
           it
           was
           distributed
           by
           his
           Sister
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           into
           whose
           Hands
           he
           put
           it
           .
           I
           will
           not
           here
           amuse
           you
           with
           a
           List
           of
           his
           astonishing
           Knowledg
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           great
           Performances
           this
           way
           .
           They
           are
           highly
           valued
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ,
           and
           his
           Name
           is
           every
           where
           mentioned
           with
           most
           particular
           Characters
           of
           Respect
           .
           I
           will
           conclude
           this
           Article
           with
           this
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           appeal
           to
           all
           competent
           Judges
           ,
           that
           few
           Men
           (
           if
           any
           )
           have
           been
           known
           to
           have
           made
           so
           great
           a
           Compass
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           been
           so
           exact
           in
           all
           the
           Parts
           of
           it
           as
           he
           was
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           Joy
           ,
           he
           had
           indeed
           nothing
           of
           Frolick
           and
           Levity
           in
           him
           ,
           he
           had
           no
           Relish
           for
           the
           idle
           and
           extravagant
           Madness
           of
           the
           Men
           of
           Pleasure
           ;
           he
           did
           not
           waste
           his
           Time
           ,
           nor
           dissipate
           his
           Spirits
           into
           foolish
           Mirth
           ,
           but
           he
           possessed
           his
           own
           Soul
           in
           Patience
           ,
           full
           of
           that
           solid
           Joy
           which
           his
           Goodness
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Knowledg
           afforded
           him
           ;
           He
           who
           had
           neither
           Designs
           nor
           Passions
           ,
           was
           capable
           of
           little
           Trouble
           from
           any
           Concerns
           of
           his
           own
           :
           He
           had
           about
           him
           all
           the
           Tenderness
           of
           good
           Nature
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           all
           the
           Softness
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           these
           gave
           him
           a
           large
           share
           of
           other
           Mens
           Concerns
           ;
           for
           he
           had
           a
           quick
           sense
           of
           the
           Miseries
           of
           Mankind
           .
           He
           had
           also
           a
           feeble
           Body
           ,
           which
           needed
           to
           be
           look'd
           to
           the
           more
           ,
           because
           his
           Mind
           went
           faster
           than
           that
           his
           Body
           could
           keep
           pace
           with
           it
           ;
           yet
           his
           great
           Thoughts
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Contemplation
           of
           his
           Works
           ,
           were
           to
           him
           Sources
           of
           Joy
           ,
           which
           could
           never
           be
           exhausted
           .
           The
           Sense
           of
           his
           own
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Good
           he
           found
           it
           did
           ,
           afforded
           him
           the
           truest
           of
           all
           Pleasures
           ,
           since
           they
           gave
           him
           the
           certain
           Prospect
           of
           that
           
             Fulness
             of
             Joy
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Sight
           of
           which
           he
           lived
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Possession
           of
           which
           he
           now
           lives
           ,
           and
           shall
           live
           for
           ever
           ;
           and
           this
           spent
           and
           exhausted
           Body
           shall
           then
           put
           on
           a
           new
           Form
           ,
           and
           be
           made
           a
           fit
           Dwelling
           for
           that
           pure
           and
           exalted
           Mind
           in
           the
           final
           Restitution
           .
           I
           pass
           over
           his
           Death
           ,
           I
           looked
           at
           it
           some
           time
           ago
           ,
           but
           I
           cannot
           bring
           down
           my
           Mind
           from
           the
           elevating
           Thoughts
           that
           do
           now
           arise
           into
           that
           depressing
           one
           of
           his
           Death
           ;
           I
           must
           look
           beyond
           it
           into
           the
           Regions
           of
           Light
           and
           Glory
           ,
           where
           he
           now
           dwells
           .
        
         
           The
           only
           Thought
           that
           is
           now
           before
           me
           ,
           is
           to
           triumph
           on
           the
           Behalf
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           make
           our
           due
           Boast
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           lifted
           up
           (
           I
           had
           almost
           
           said
           proud
           )
           upon
           this
           occasion
           :
           how
           divine
           and
           how
           pure
           a
           thing
           must
           that
           Religion
           be
           in
           it self
           ,
           which
           produced
           so
           long
           a
           Series
           of
           great
           Effects
           ,
           thorow
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           this
           shining
           Life
           ?
           What
           a
           thing
           would
           Mankind
           become
           if
           we
           had
           many
           such
           ?
           And
           how
           little
           need
           would
           there
           be
           of
           many
           Books
           writ
           for
           the
           Truth
           and
           Excellency
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           more
           such
           Arguments
           as
           this
           one
           Life
           has
           produced
           ?
           Such
           single
           Instances
           have
           great
           Force
           in
           them
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           are
           so
           very
           Single
           ,
           they
           lose
           much
           of
           their
           Strength
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           ascribed
           to
           Singularity
           ,
           and
           something
           particular
           in
           a
           Man's
           Humour
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           that
           makes
           him
           rise
           above
           common
           Measures
           .
           It
           were
           a
           Monopoly
           for
           any
           Family
           or
           Sort
           of
           Men
           to
           ingross
           to
           themselves
           the
           Honour
           which
           arises
           from
           the
           Memory
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Man.
           It
           is
           a
           Common
           not
           to
           be
           inclosed
           .
           It
           is
           large
           enough
           to
           make
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Age
           he
           lived
           in
           ,
           look
           big
           and
           be
           happy
           :
           But
           above
           all
           it
           gives
           a
           new
           Strength
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           it
           sets
           a
           new
           Pattern
           to
           all
           that
           are
           sincerely
           zealous
           for
           their
           Religion
           .
           It
           shews
           them
           in
           the
           simplest
           and
           most
           convincing
           of
           all
           Arguments
           ,
           what
           the
           Humane
           Nature
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           can
           add
           to
           it
           ,
           how
           far
           it
           can
           both
           exalt
           and
           reward
           it
           .
           I
           do
           not
           say
           that
           every
           one
           is
           capable
           of
           all
           he
           grew
           to
           ;
           I
           am
           very
           sensible
           that
           few
           are
           ;
           nor
           is
           every
           one
           under
           equal
           Obligations
           :
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           vast
           Diversity
           in
           Mens
           Tempers
           ,
           there
           being
           so
           great
           a
           Variety
           of
           Necessities
           to
           be
           answered
           by
           them
           :
           but
           every
           Man
           in
           every
           Imployment
           ,
           and
           of
           every
           size
           of
           Soul
           ,
           is
           capable
           of
           being
           in
           some
           Degrees
           
             good
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             ;
          
           and
           all
           such
           shall
           receive
           proportioned
           Degrees
           of
           
             Wisdom
             ,
             Knowledg
             and
             Joy
             ;
          
           even
           though
           
           neither
           their
           Goodness
           nor
           these
           Accessions
           to
           it
           ,
           rise
           up
           to
           the
           Measure
           of
           him
           who
           was
           a
           while
           among
           us
           ,
           indeed
           
             one
             of
             a
             thousand
             ,
          
           and
           is
           now
           but
           one
           of
           those
           
             ten
             thousand
             times
             ten
             thousand
          
           that
           are
           about
           the
           Throne
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           singing
           that
           Song
           which
           was
           his
           great
           Entertainment
           here
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           his
           how
           endless
           Joy
           there
           ;
           
             Great
             and
             marvellous
             are
             thy
             Works
             ,
             O
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             ;
             and
             just
             and
             true
             are
             thy
             Ways
             ,
             O
             King
             of
             Saints
             .
          
           To
           follow
           him
           in
           the
           like
           Exercises
           here
           ,
           is
           the
           sure
           Way
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           join
           with
           him
           in
           those
           above
           ;
           to
           which
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           Mercy
           bring
           us
           all
           in
           due
           time
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           our
           Lord.
           
        
         
           Amen
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A30441-e160
           
             Chap.
             7.25
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             8.17
             .